Global Burden of Leptospirosis: Estimated in Terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Paul R Torgerson, José E Hagan, Federico Costa, Juan Calcagno, Michael Kane, Martha S Martinez-Silveira, Marga G A Goris, Claudia Stein, Albert I Ko, Bernadette Abela-Ridder
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Pacific; Uis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004122; https://doaj.org/article/73eb17ef98494bd5b611d15f887a9c88

BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonosis, occurs in diverse epidemiological settings and affects vulnerable populations, such as rural subsistence farmers and urban slum dwellers. Although leptospirosis can cause life-threatening disease, there is no global burden of disease estimate in ter...